You haven't given a reason not to use iTunes. Barring that, iTunes is the best recommendation. If you want to use something else for no reason, go for it!

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The thing is, I have a 50gb mp3 album collection, but I also have an itunes library as well. Before placing the music from my archived collection into itunes, I normally edit the id3 tag.

I'd prefer to edit the id3 tags outside of itunes and then drag and drop the tracks into itunes. This is what I've been doing in Windows for years and I'd like to hopefully continue this method in osx.

The thing is, I have a 50gb mp3 album collection, but I also have an itunes library as well. Before placing the music from my archived collection into itunes, I normally edit the id3 tag.

I'd prefer to edit the id3 tags outside of itunes and then drag and drop the tracks into itunes. This is what I've been doing in Windows for years and I'd like to hopefully continue this method in osx.

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My iTunes library is probably average in size... just over 170GB in size. I find that editing and managing tags within iTunes is significantly easier than other methods. You can either learn a new method, or try to replicate your Windows workflow. I'd highly recommend giving yourself a chance to learn how to do things the "Mac way", as you'll find it's frequently much easier than the "Windows way". I had to make this transition when I moved to Mac about 4 years ago, but now I find I'm far more productive and efficient than I ever was on Windows.

And you're absolutely certain you've opened the library file on the external drive, and not another library that you have stored on your Windows internal drive? How exactly did you launch iTunes and select that library?

And you're absolutely certain you've opened the library file on the external drive, and not another library that you have stored on your Windows internal drive? How exactly did you launch iTunes and select that library?

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I've opened up preferences in iTunes and selected the folder, where my music is located on the external.

I think you'll be very pleased with the results. If you do have a lot of editing to do, there are ways to automate many processes. Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes is a great resource for managing your iTunes tags and files.

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